Class Cognitive Neuroscience

Theoretical-practical unit that uses the laboratory of experimental psychology and neurophysiological
measures as resources for the classes.

• Introduction and History of Cognitive Neuroscience
• Neuroanatomy and Physiological Basis of Neuronal Excitability
  • Complex neuronal activity
• Brain Imaging and Psychophysiology Methods
  • Structural and functional imaging
  • Electroencephalography
• Emotions and Affective Processing
  • Neuronal structures of emotions
  • Emotion processing models
• Attentional Processes and Brain Structures
• The Earing Brain
  • Neuroanatomical and functional organization of auditory processing
  • Voice, speech and communication processing
• The Visual Brain
  • Retinotopic cortex
  • Visual object recognition
• Memory and Mnesic Processes
  • Types of memory
• Executive Functioning and Movement
  • Frontal lobes and movement
  • Sensory-motor integration
• Brain Structures of Social Cognition
• Introduction to Complex Neural Systems
  • Default Mode Network
  • Executive Fronto-Parietal Network
• Practical Applications of Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Clinical Neuropsychology
  • Psychotherapy

Expository and demonstrative methodologies. Use of laboratory resources.

• Ward. J. (2015). The Student´s Guide to Cognitive Neuroscience (3th Ed). UK: Psychology Press.
• Gazzaniga, M., Ivry., R. B. & Mangun. G. R. (2019). Cognitive Neuroscience: The Biology of the Mind (5th Ed). NY: W.W. Norton & Company.
• Cage., N. M. & Baars. B. J. (2018). Fundamentals of Cognitive Neuroscience: A beginner´s guide (2th Ed). Academic Press.
• Eysenck, M.W. & Keane, M.T. (2015). Cognitive Psychology A Student's Handbook (7th Ed). NY: Psychology Press.